Barnes & Thornburg is valued for deep healthcare industry know-how and comprehensive advice to healthcare providers, guiding them through the maze of complicated laws and government regulations while seeking to minimize risk, safeguard their position, and meet their business objectives. Many of our lawyers have hands-on experience working in healthcare, so we understand the unique concerns and challenges that face the industry. By designing a legal framework that supports our clients’ business agendas, we focus on saying “yes” to our clients in a way that makes sense, while navigating through regulatory hurdles to achieve distinct, innovative goals.
We are valued for our problem-solving and consensus-building skills when advising providers on complex regulatory issues related to Medicare and Medicaid compliance, adherence to state and federal licensure regulations, and the impact of the Affordable Care Act. We help clients establish and maintain compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, defend and respond to government and payer audits, address antitrust matters, defend whistleblower qui tam actions, and advocate client rights in state and federal false claims investigations.
Our firm knows the court system inside and out, and delivers the requisite litigation prowess and technical skill to be formidable. Because many of our litigators served as federal prosecutors before entering private practice, we bring personal relationships and immediate credibility as we defend our clients with regulatory agencies and government prosecutors. In addition, our government services attorneys can provide access to state and federal legislators, government regulators and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrators to advance our clients’ individual positions and industry objectives.
As healthcare delivery evolves to meet the challenges of the future, we advise on an array of business alignment strategies, including formation of accountable care organizations, joint ventures, service integration models, professional service agreements, physician-hospital collaborative projects and managed care organizations. Our practice is at the heart of the evolution of payment systems and how providers work together to create new models for care, such as micro-hospitals. Our agile, patient-centered, provider-based stance allows us to remain at the forefront of continuous evolution involving payment systems and federal government requirements within the Medicare and Medicaid systems.
Our clients include hospitals, health systems, physicians and other licensed professionals, clinics and specialty groups, joint ventures among healthcare providers, and federally qualified health centers, as well as retail healthcare clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, ambulatory surgical centers and long term care facilities. We also represent drug and device manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, durable medical equipment suppliers and Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP). Notably, we are one of only a few law firm members of The Advisory Board Company, a leading provider of comprehensive performance improvement services to the healthcare and education sectors.
The Advisory Board Company
Barnes & Thornburg is an active member of The Advisory Board Company. The Advisory Board Company is the leading provider of comprehensive performance improvement services to the health care and education sectors - including operational best practices and insights, business intelligence and analytic tools, management training, unbiased technology evaluation, and consulting support.
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